Ant and Dec’s Push The Button wins Twitter approval

Ant and Dec’s Push The Button returned as a live show on Saturday and received a warm welcome from fans on Twitter.

The show saw the Geordie duo backing a family each in a series of Generation Game-style challenges and providing their usual selection of one-liners every time the action stopped.

Ant and Dec returned with a live version of Push The Button (ITV)

It wasn’t high culture, but it was fun – where else could you see Alan Shearer challenged to kick a football over a house, a pair of celebs in a limo parking contest and a round called ‘Spot the Baldy’?

At the end, the Straun family went home with £38,750, but a quick glance at Twitter showed they weren’t the only ones who were happy.

JasonNguyen10 seemed to agree, saying ‘gotta love ant and dec. They could present a show about killing puppies and they would still make me laugh’, while megan_pigott said: ‘Ant and dec’s push the button is so addictive!! I love the little one liners that ant and dec come up with.’

While people who are fans of Ant and Dec mostly loved Push The Button, those who don’t like their customary cheeky chappie act were less impressed.

They weren’t hard to find among Twitter users and their views were perhaps best summed up by Melvooxd, who tweeted: ‘The ant and dec show is beyond s****.’